recessionista tips: blouson ml madame7

8 ways to stretch your style budget

5. Wait for the price to drop. Walk into the store, try it on, admire yourself, put it back, and walk out. If you don't look backwards more than three times, you'll survive without it. Bonus points if you don't stash it in slightly the wrong section so no one else will find it and take it home before you can afford to come back.

This sexy number deserved your second glance but not your investment at almost seventy bucks. If you time it right, it will still be waiting for you at less than twenty.

$19.99 (down from $69) at Mango